27 baklava recipes

Try this scrumptious side dish made with pistachio nuts, cinnamon and rosewater syrup.

Buttery phyllo layers stuffed with a creamy semolina filling, baked golden and drenched in lemon-kissed syrup. This Turkish-style muhallebili baklava skips the nuts for a silky, custard-like center that melts on your tongue.

Lebanese Baklawa Be'Aj features phyllo squares shaped into lily petals around an egg-white walnut and almond filling, soaked in rose water and orange blossom syrup. A showstopper pastry for special occasions.

Honey-soaked walnut baklava with layers of buttery phyllo, cinnamon, and sugar baked low and slow until golden and shatteringly crisp. Just 6 ingredients.

Greek kadaifi pastry with shredded dough layered around a cinnamon-almond filling, baked golden and soaked in honey-lemon syrup. A baklava cousin.

Golden saffron cake with rose water and pistachios, soaked in vanilla sugar syrup and cut into diamonds like baklava. A fragrant Middle Eastern-inspired low-fat dessert.

Expert guide to working with delicate phyllo dough without tearing or drying. Essential techniques for handling paper-thin pastry sheets for spanakopita, baklava, and more.

Traditional Greek baklava with layers of buttery phyllo, cinnamon-spiced walnuts, and sweet lemon syrup. This classic nut strudel is crispy, sweet, and utterly addictive.

Passover loukoumades are Greek-Jewish fried dough balls made with matzo meal instead of flour, soaked in spiced orange-lemon syrup and crowned with crushed pistachios.

Bourekakia - Greek honey nut rolls in phyllo dough with cinnamon, orange zest, and a hot honey-lemon syrup. Crispy, buttery pastry spirals soaked in sweet syrup like baklava.

Flaky phyllo spirals filled with walnuts, pistachios, candied orange peel, and orange blossom water, baked golden and soaked in lemon syrup. A baklava-style treat that makes about 42 pieces.